diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/CoreUnitDispatcher.java b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/CoreUnitDispatcher.java
index 7b3cd911f..1055234f6 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/CoreUnitDispatcher.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/CoreUnitDispatcher.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class CoreUnitDispatcher implements Dispatcher {
     private final long MEM_RESERVED_MIN;
     private final long MEM_GPU_RESERVED_DEFAULT;
     private final long MEM_GPU_RESERVED_MIN;
+    private final boolean SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION;
 
     private Environment env;
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public CoreUnitDispatcher(Environment env) {
         MEM_RESERVED_MIN = getLongProperty("dispatcher.memory.mem_reserved_min");
         MEM_GPU_RESERVED_DEFAULT = getLongProperty("dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_default");
         MEM_GPU_RESERVED_MIN = getLongProperty("dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_min");
+        SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION = getBooleanProperty("dispatcher.gpu.skip_resource_reservation");
     }
 
     /*
@@ -115,12 +117,19 @@ private int getIntProperty(String property) {
     }
 
     /*
-     * Return an integer value from the opencue.properties given a key
+     * Return a long value from the opencue.properties given a key
      */
     private long getLongProperty(String property) {
         return env.getRequiredProperty(property, Long.class);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Return a boolean value from the opencue.properties given a key
+     */
+    private boolean getBooleanProperty(String property) {
+        return env.getRequiredProperty(property, Boolean.class);
+    }
+
     private Cache<String, String> getOrCreateJobLock() {
         if (jobLock == null) {
             this.jobLock = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
@@ -188,7 +197,10 @@ private Set<String> getGpuJobs(DispatchHost host, ShowInterface show) {
                         getIntProperty("dispatcher.job_query_max"));
 
             if (jobs.size() == 0) {
-                host.removeGpu();
+                // Only remove GPU resources if skip reservation is disabled (default behavior)
+                if (!SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION) {
+                    host.removeGpu();
+                }
                 jobs = null;
             }
         }
diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties b/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
index 1d450d317..a22f44320 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_min = 0
 # Default = 100GB
 dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_max = 104857600
 
+# On job dispatch, skip GPU resource reservation when no GPU jobs are found
+# Set to true to allow normal frames to use full host resources even when GPU is available
+# Environment variable: CUEBOT_DISPATCHER_SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION
+dispatcher.gpu.skip_resource_reservation=${CUEBOT_DISPATCHER_SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION:false}
+
 # Whether to satisfy dependents (*_ON_FRAME and *_ON_LAYER) only on Frame success
 depend.satisfy_only_on_frame_success=true
 
diff --git a/cuebot/src/test/resources/opencue.properties b/cuebot/src/test/resources/opencue.properties
index 956332681..eae152544 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/test/resources/opencue.properties
+++ b/cuebot/src/test/resources/opencue.properties
@@ -95,5 +95,8 @@ dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_default = 0
 dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_min = 0
 dispatcher.memory.mem_gpu_reserved_max = 104857600
 
+# GPU reservation behavior in dispatcher (skip when no GPU jobs are found)
+dispatcher.gpu.skip_resource_reservation=${CUEBOT_DISPATCHER_SKIP_GPU_RESERVATION:false}
+
 # Loki
 log.loki.url = http://localhost/loki/api